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Disability Accommodation

Your path to academic success at the
University of North Texas may hold some
unexpected challenges. The Office of Disability
Accommodation works with various offices and
divisions across campus to ensure you have access to
all programs, facilities, classrooms and curriculums.

In addition to meeting your academic goals, this
collaborative effort helps make our campus more
accessible for everyone.

Academic accommodations

Our office assists with finding adaptive strategies
and academic accommodations if you qualify for
services as defined by the Rehabilitation Act of
1973 and the Americans with Disabilities Act of
1990 as amended. Each semester, between 900 and
1,000 students register for the office’s services that
include:

Adaptive furniture

Alternative text conversion

Assistive technology

Disability related counseling and advising

Reduced distraction testing rooms

Sign language interpreters

Our office also houses an adaptive testing center,
which includes access to a closed-caption television
(CCTV), JAWS screen-reading software and
screen magnification software, as well as test readers
and scribes for administering classroom exams. An
adaptive computer lab is in Sycamore Hall.

You may register with the office as soon as
you’re admitted to UNT. However, we recommend
that you attend new student orientation, receive
academic advising and register for classes before
requesting classroom accommodations.

Parking and transportation services

We have accessible parking spaces located
throughout campus. You’ll need a valid UNT
parking permit and a state-approved ADA parking
placard or license plate. Our campus shuttle system
is equipped with wheelchair lifts and operates day
and night. Visit the Parking and Transportation website for current parking
regulations, a parking map and current shuttle
schedules.

Housing and dining accommodations

You’re required to live on campus if you
graduated from high school the previous long
semester, have completed fewer than 30 credit
hours and are enrolled in 9 or more credit hours.
Wheelchair-accessible rooms are available, as
well as other reasonable adaptations requested in
advance.

We encourage you to make accommodation
requests early in the application process because
rooms are assigned in date order.

You can consult with a registered dietician in the
Student Health and Wellness Center about special
dietary needs.

Personal care attendants and service animals
are welcome in the residence halls. If you want to
hire an attendant, you may post the job through the
Career Center.

Access to our facilities

Most of our campus facilities are equipped with
ramps, wheelchair-accessible restrooms, automatic
doors and elevators with Braille controls. However,
some older buildings may present challenges and we
recommend you contact your academic department
for details about the specific facilities where you’ll
be attending classes.

If you have mobility difficulties, we encourage
you to consider a motorized wheelchair since our
campus spans many acres on partially hilly terrain.

UNT Office of Admissions
Call us at 800-868-8211 or 940-565-2681
or visit www.unt.edu/askunt